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Show (i Gray Is Color of the Moment I Gray la tho prndomlnatlng color ot tho moment. If Uicro Is nny doubt as to tho truth of this sweeping statement, state-ment, writes o New York fashion correspondent, cor-respondent, then visit tho smnrt restaurants res-taurants at any hour of the day or tako a walk up Iftfth avenuo or any other street and" noto what .Is seen. Micro Is so much of this shade, Indeed, that ono stops a moment to wonder just how lung It will last and what tho next chungo In color will be. Thero aro signs pointing toward tho lighter shades of tan, for now and then h chumpagno gown or coat or capo Is peon, and It brings a nlco relief from tho preponderanco of tho various 'tones ot gray. Just now If a costume Is not all gray from tip to toe then It seems to take prldo lu having somo touch of gray about It, If It Is only tho feather drooping from tho brim of tho hat or the shoes of gray worn with a frock that Is othcrwlso qulto dark and Inconspicuous. In-conspicuous. Qrny, Indeed, has taken Its place along with the shades of dark blue and black as being an accepted out-of-doors color as well as a favorite tono for wear within doors. It Is good for tho young and for tho old. In fact, It recognizes no class or distinction dis-tinction as to ago or stature. It Is tho nil around good color of tho season, and women aro making tho most of Its popularity to uso It In every possible way. Hat, Show, Gloves In Gray. One of tho favorite methods of wearing wear-ing gray when tho whole costumo Is not in tone is to havo tho hat and ohoca and gloves of that color, each of them matching each other exactly In tone. Not a few of tho gray silk i I BBBBBBBBBBBBIBBimflia IBB If Gown of Dlack Taffeta, cropo dresses aro adorned with fringe, and. this is ulways In tho soma tono as tho materials from which tho frock Is fashioned. Qrny capes and those ot that color combined with ono por tion of dark bluo arc among the smartest smart-est Unit aro to bo been upon tho streets. Ouo Is n model fresh from tho workrooms of Jenny In Paris. Its upper up-per section Is made In gray woolly material ma-terial ((lid tho lower section Is inn do uf Boino thick material In Hack embroidered em-broidered with threads of tho gray drawn through it to form a plaid design. de-sign. Tho capo Is ono of those new lines that are qulto scant In width nnd perfectly straight In Hue, hnnglng from, a Jlttlo yoke that fits tho shoulders snugly and supports a straight collar. Tho hat worn with the capo shows' how large the huts can be worn when! they loach the limits of the French fashion for this season. Indeed, there Is no limit to tho extremes of width which they attain, nnd even then they do not remain content, but must superimpose su-perimpose at that exaggerated line trimming of somo sort that make: them appear oven wider. In this In stanco It Is a loosely arranged pompom pom-pom of stiff llttlo feathers, but often; It Is an ostrich puff or i bow ot tullcj or n drooping feather or somo stray, bits of flowers or fruit hanging from tho edge. The brims droop cither at both sides or all tho way round, ns tho case may be. Tho trimmings ara fcennty and artistically posed upon tho spreading brims so that they tell for all they aro worth In their rathor I so-1 luted way. Season for One-Piece Dress. Tho season for the one-piece dress of scrgo has also qrrlvcd. When there; Is no cape or outer wrap then tho street gown is of scrgo or the suit Is! of that or somo other light mnterlalJ Tho suits, when thoy are smartest, nra qulto plain, with long waist lines and) with straight lines that aro novcrtho-, less fitted to follow the lines of thoj flguro with a delicate nicety. They are worn with trim little hats and with blouses that, while they are nioat-i ly plain, aro still roado With quantities, of handwork and a sufficient number of frills to rohko them becoming. Tho scrgo dresses are made on tho simplest of lines. Ilenlly they havo tho slightest amount of fit and tho smallest amount of material to make them notable. Hut they are apt to bo embroidered In somo way or trimmed with llttlo facings or edgings In somo bright color of silk or silk braid that gives them that fresh chic which makes them notable. Thcro aro nny number of fcray dresses mido of" serge and worn with big blnck or dark! bluo hats, and then thcro arc tho popular popu-lar llr.lo street dresses, mado of a light, say gray, upper section, and a lower section of tho black or dark blue, a narrow belt of tho darker ton being used to hold thorn to a semblance ot form about tho waist line. Evening dresses havo their predilection predilec-tion for gray,, and when It Is not exactly ex-actly gray then those tones of mauve ind light bluo creep in and becomo that shading between gray and somo more vivid color wljen ono Ib not suro under the night lights exactly what tho tono may be. TJierc, aro layers and layers ot chiffon about theso simple llttlo evening frocks, and sometimes , many shades of tho' same cplor and combined In such a subtle manner that one is not suro where ono tone leaves off and tho other begins. Tho skirts nro mado In n succession of frills or In an arrangement of petal formations no that they become Just soft masses of the becoming material. And as for trimming, there Is none, or perhaps it Is but n band of ribbon nbout tho waist lino or a bunch of nrtlllclal flowers Just tiny llttlo (lowers. Tho bodices nro simply finished by edgings of plcotlng, and the moro often thnn not thcro aro w sleeves at nil. K Evening Gowns of Tulle HHg As always- at this tlmo ot tho year, g thcro aro any number ot tullo evening gH ' gowns to bo seen. This season It Is HH tho real silk net, and tho colors aro Hflij tho most beautiful that havo been seen Kj , In n long while. They aro mado up IHjL; ovor foundations of chiffon, while un- H ' ; dorlylng slips aro often dono In a con- " trusting color to provldo a variance ot HW ' tono. HR Then thcro nro the dyed laces for Hjl - t evening gowns that nro being worn a II great deal. Thoy nro combined either CM with tullo or with chiffon and some- flj, times with cotton net, but always tho HJ material and the trimming seoin to H hnva been dipped In tho same dye eo- ra JutJon. for thero is not n whit of dl- Hf vorgence between their shades. There Hfe Is the popular frock that Is made HjJT with a skirt covered with dyed lace Hi millings and with tho plain little bod- HA Ic$ mado of chiffon In tho satno tone, HI, Then thero Is another model that has Hn , a skirt mado entirely of plaited tullo Hj flounces and a bodice mado of tho dyed H laco droned or ilttcd us tho Individual j flguro mny demand. H The dresses that omlng along, the opes that tho smart dressmakers aro showing for wear a little later In Iho season, are those of taffeta with trimmings of luco or organdie, Theso are tho frocks ihat will bo so good for street wear when tho wearer becomes too hot for a wrap of any sort. Tho taffeta frocks, too. aro tremendously satisfactory for afternoon wenr, for they retain a freshness of lino and contour that Is always pleasing. In I'arls at tli Longchamps races thoro wero displayed o number of taffota dresses of this sort with very full skirts, sometimes ruffled over their en-tiro en-tiro surfaces. Another dress of blak tnffeta has sleeves that aro full und flowing and sot Into quite straight nrmholes. They nro of chiffon that fulls gracefully over tho arm to tho wrist, when It l allowed to spread out to Its full length, Tho neck and sleeves of (hit frock nro kept strictly plain In finish, but there 1b a fascinating crushed ribbon rib-bon belt made of goid and blaclt blocked ribbon, tied wlln a stiff bow und r the left arm. |